A new study from Duke Divinity School's Mark Chaves finds that the last decade of political and governmental emphasis on faith-based funding has not altered the landscape of social service providers. ABP's Bob Allen reports:
Chaves said that the proportions of congregations that provide social services (82 percent of all houses of worship), that have a staff member who devotes at least a quarter of their time to providing social services (11 percent) and that receive government funding for such services (4 percent) did not change between data collected in 1998 and in 2006-2007.
You can view the National Congregations Study data here. Chaves writes about the results at Duke's Faith and Response blog here.
